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If you often find yourself using the same documents and don't want to waste time filling in everything each time you access them, consider turning them into a template in Word. The process is surprisingly easy.

Just open or create the document you want to turn into a template. Once it's ready to go, click File > Save As. Choose where you want to save it and when Word asks you to name the file, you'll see an option that says "Save as type." Instead of "Word Document," click the drop-down box and choose Word Template. Save it and you now have a template you can open from here on out and just fill in the important points.